Don't Graduate Nursing School Without A Specialization In Mind
Most graduates of practical nursing school come away with a basic LPN degree, but few of them have plans to remain a standard LPN for the rest of their lives. Looking ahead and planning out your specialization while you're still in a nursing program can make it much easier to move into that role once you're in the institution of your choice. A hospital's practical nursing program will generally nudge you toward a specialty a bit harder than a nursing school will, but it's still all too easy to ignore the call for a specialty and end up a generalist.

‘Best in Class’ Nursing Homes Recognized for Exemplary Customer, Workforce Satisfaction
My InnerView – an independent research company – today awards 519 nursing homes the profession’s best-in-class, Excellence in Action award. This honor recognizes nursing homes that achieve high levels of excellence as demonstrated by having overall customer or workforce satisfaction levels that fall within the top ten percent of My InnerView’s database.

Don't spend all your life savings paying for nursing home costs
The greatest threat to the “nest egg” of our Senior Citizens is a long-term stay in a nursing home. With costs exceeding $40,000 per year, it does not take long to wipe out someone’s life savings. Information contained within this article could be important to your long-term financial health.

Nursing Comfort
Properly fitted, well-made nursing bras are worth the expense: anything you can do to make breastfeeding easier and more comfortable will help make it a positive experience.

The Nursing Mother's Companion
For any woman planning to breastfeed, this beautifully illustrated, no- nonsense guide to nursing is a must-have. In this newly updated third edition paperback, Huggins, a registered nurse who runs a breastfeeding clinic in California, tells you how you can prepare for nursing, and offers a myriad of tips for surviving the first week, month, and beyond. She also addresses problems that are bound to crop up, like worrying if you're baby is getting enough milk, how to deal with being apart from your baby, sore nipples, and pumping when you return to work.

ASU in line for $2 million to fund college of nursing
AUSTIN - Budget writers have tentatively set aside $30 million for nursing programs in the state, and of that amount, Angelo State University, which is part of the Texas Tech System, will get $2 million for its newly created College of Nursing and Allied Health.

Don't spend all your life savings paying for nursing home costs
The greatest threat to the “nest egg” of our Senior Citizens is a long-term stay in a nursing home. With costs exceeding $40,000 per year, it does not take long to wipe out someone’s life savings. Information contained within this article could be important to your long-term financial health.